Facilities Engineer

TAE Power Solutions; Dudley; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

TAE Power Solutions in Dudley is seeking a maintenance lead to deliver mechanical and electrical maintenance across our facility, ensuring equipment reliability and supporting upgrades aligned with business priorities. You will supervise subcontractors and ensure work is safe, efficient, and to standard.

The role emphasises HSE compliance, 5S housekeeping, and clear communication of site requirements. Occasional travel to other Birmingham site may be required (2–3 days per month).

Qualifications

• Qualified to City & Guilds / HNC in Mechanical and/or Electrical Engineering.
• Practical multi-skilled maintenance and workshop experience.
• Experience with Preventive Planned Maintenance (PPM) and issue reporting.

Responsibilities

• Deliver mechanical and electrical maintenance across the facility to ensure equipment reliability.
• Supervise and coordinate subcontractors carrying out maintenance, calibration and upgrades.
• Support and maintain compliance with ISO9001 and 5S across the site.

Skills

Maintenance

Electrical engineering

Mechanical engineering

5S methodology

PPM

Issue management

Education

City & Guilds / HNC in Mechanical and/or Electrical Engineering

IEE 17th edition (advantage)

Job description

Please note - The role will require the individual to be mostly onsite at Dudley (potential for a day remote working per week) please ensure you can commute here to Dudley.

About Us

TAE Power Solutions (TPS) is the electrification spin-off from TAE Technologies, a leader in nuclear fusion technology. The company is leveraging unique power management technology originally developed for nuclear fusion and applying it in adjacent industries including Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and DC Fast Charging for electric vehicles.

About the Role

This role is responsible for delivering Mechanical and Electrical maintenance across the facility, ensuring equipment reliability and supporting ongoing facility upgrades aligned with business priorities. You will supervise and coordinate subcontractors carrying out maintenance, calibration and upgrade activities, ensuring all work is delivered safely, efficiently and to the required standard.

You will also play a key part in maintaining strong HSE compliance, driving 5S standards, and ensuring operational requirements are clearly communicated, understood and consistently applied across the site.

• Support projects and Test Facility demands, meet timings and to specifications.
• Develop test facility capability in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
• Maintain test facility operating standards to meet legislative and regulatory compliance.
• Ensure the facilities workshops operate in a safe and compliant manner, ensuring all activities have appropriate equipment, and instruction of facility function.
• Maintain good housekeeping 5S methodology across site operations.
• Support Preventive Planned Maintenance requirements.
• Support and maintain subcontracts for test and specialist equipment.
• Liaise with contractors and develop appropriate relationships.
• Ensure facilities and maintenance management meet the ISO9001 standard requirements.

Qualifications, Functional Experience & Skills

Required

• Qualified to City & Guilds /HNC level in Mechanical and / or Electrical Engineering discipline, IEE 17th edition is an advantage.
• Proven practical multi-skilled experience in Maintenance, Engineering, and Workshop skills.
• Facility development experience.
• Preventive Planned Maintenance (PPM) experience.
• Issue management and reporting.
• Ability to prioritise tasks in a demanding environment.
• Good 5s methodology discipline.
• Occasional travel required to our other Birmingham site (estimated at around 2-3 days per month).

About Us:

Imagination, skill, and will

At TAE Power Solutions, we design power systems that use less but do more. Systems that charge faster, run stronger, go farther, and last longer. We inspire better ways to move, work, play, and live. The future is electric, because it’s powered by TAE.

Confident, collaborative, and creative

We are unwavering in our expertise and knowledge, separating fact from fiction and proof from hypothesis.

You will be a successful member of TAE Power Solutions if you have these traits:

• You are confident in your skills, based on your credentials, technical accomplishments, and positive impact on your teams/organizations.
• You are collaborative and work well within and with teams to approach challenges with respect, transparency, optimism, and confidence to succeed together.
• You are creative, with determination to learn continuously, break new ground, and push the cutting edge.

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TAE Power Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

We ensure all individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

At TAE Power Solutions, we consider a wide range of factors when making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and job-related knowledge, training; licenses and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements depending on the position offered (non-Sr., Sr., Lead or Manager).